Died in 2014

11 projects

Blockbuster Turned down Netflix for $50 million, and one store survives 1985–2014 E-commerce & Retail Symbian Ran most of the world's smartphones, then burned with the platform 1998–2014 Operating Systems Bump Tap two phones together to swap contacts: 125 million downloads, a Google acquisition, and a shutdown three months later 2009–2014 Mobile Apps GameSpy The middleware that ran multiplayer, then took it away 1996–2014 Game Platforms & Services Technorati The search engine that ranked the blogosphere, whose Authority score every blogger checked daily, quietly switched off in 2014 when the conversation moved to Twitter 2002–2014 Search Engines & Directories Springpad The smart notebook that turned everything you saved into something useful, loved by five million people and unable to pay for itself 2008–2014 Online Services PlayStation Portable Sony's first handheld, 80 million sold, the UMD disc, the PSP Go that nobody bought, and a store that closed twice 2004–2014 Consoles & Handhelds Readmill The Berlin e-book reader that put your highlights in the margin for other people to see, bought by Dropbox for its team and closed within three months 2011–2014 Mobile Apps Justin.tv One man's life stream that became Twitch 2007–2014 Video & Streaming Orkut Brazil's living room, built in a 20% project 2004–2014 Social Networks MSN Messenger The sound of nudges after school 1999–2014 Messengers